Inside Acer Predator Triton 900 – disassembly and upgrade options

LaptopMedia.com Highlights Inside Acer Predator Triton 900 - disassembly and upgrade options

From: Alex Iliev 10 June 2019 / 01:21 0

Acer Predator Triton 900 is one of the most sophisticated laptops of early 2019. It not only embodies a full-blown RTX 2080 in a rather thin chassis but also houses a rotatable touchscreen display, thanks to its revolutionary hinge assembly.

Check out all Acer Predator Triton 900 prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-depth Review.

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Acer Predator Triton 900

Processor: Intel Core i7-8750H
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Laptop)
RAM: 32GB RAM
STORAGE: 1000GB SSD

Detailed review

Acer Predator Triton 900

Processor: Intel Core i7-9750H
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Laptop)
RAM: 32GB RAM
STORAGE: 1000GB SSD

Detailed review

Acer Predator Triton 900

Processor: Intel Core i7-9750H
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Laptop)
RAM: 32GB RAM
STORAGE: 2000GB SSD

Detailed review

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1. Remove the bottom plate

After you unscrew all of the 12 Phillips-head screws, you need to turn the laptop around and carefully pry the base up. Mind the fact, that there are two ribbon-styled cables and one regular one, connecting the base to the laptop itself. Unplug them and you are ready to go.

2. Battery

This laptop is equipped with a 71.9Wh battery pack, which at first seems relatively large, however, we are talking about a 4K display and an RTX 2080 here, so don’t expect majestic performance out of it. Before you start any sort of upgrade or disassembly, make sure you disconnect the battery from the motherboard. After that, you need to unscrew two Phillips-head screws and to unplug the ribbon connector that runs through the battery itself. Before you lift it up, you may want to make some extra space by dislocating the speakers.

Video playback

Brightness: 180 nits; Display Mode: SDR
Time to Full Discharge: Higher is Better

Acer Predator Triton 900

1h 54m

Web surfing

In order to simulate real-life conditions, we used our own script for automatic web browsing through over 70 websites.

Acer Predator Triton 900

2h 15m

Gaming

We use F1 2017’s built-in benchmark on loop in order to simulate real-life gaming.

Acer Predator Triton 900

42m

3. Memory and storage

This laptop has two RAM DIMMs (in our case full with 32GB of DDR4 memory at 2666 MHz). In terms of storage, there are two M.2 PCIe x4 slots, that support RAID 0. They are hidden beneath a cooling plate. Sadly, there is no SATA expansion slot, for the only reason that there is not enough space for it inside.

4. Cooling system

Predator Triton 900’s cooling solution comprises two fat heat pipes that run through the CPU and the GPU. Additionally, there is one more each, and one that helps the thermal conductivity, by connecting both of the huge plates, and one that is cooling the VRAM and the VRMs. At the end of the heat pipes, there are heatsinks cooled by two rather big fans – one is plastic, while the other one has metal blades and produces a lot more airflow.